# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/v-k-prakash
# Generated: 2026-08-14T04:26:23.848Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/v-k-prakash"
name: "V. K. Prakash"
slug: "v-k-prakash"
description: "V. K. Prakash is an Indian film director and actor. He makes films, music videos, and commercials, and works predominantly in Malayalam, but has also directed Telugu, Marathi, Kannada and Hindi films. Prakash's debut feature directorial was Punaradhivasam (2000) which won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Malayalam and Kerala State Film Award for Best Debut Director. His film Nirnayakam (2015) won the National Film Award for Best Film on Other Social Issues."
tagline: "Indian film director"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Shri_V.K_Prakash%2C_Shri_M.R._Rajan%2C_Shri_Devan_Nair%2C_Ms._Meera_Dewan_and_Shri_Gajendra_Ahire_speaking_at_an_open_forum_on_the_topic_of_%E2%80%9CAre_Ad_films_%26_Non-feature_films_stepping_stone_to_feature_films%E2%80%9D.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "India"
  isoCode: "IN"
category:
  name: "Directors"
  slug: "directors"
profileType:
  name: "Movie Director"
  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1960-05-12"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           49.56
  momentum:             8.766140602582496
  historical:           6.494176
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1335378/"
    handle:    "nm1335378"
sources:
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    title: "وی کے پرکاش"
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    title: "ڤى. كى. پراكاش"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "وی. کی. پراکاش"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%B5%E0%B4%BF.%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%86._%E0%B4%AA%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B0%E0%B4%95%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%B6%E0%B5%8D"
    title: "വി.കെ. പ്രകാശ്"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "வி. கே. பிரகாசு"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%B5%E0%B0%BF._%E0%B0%95%E0%B1%86._%E0%B0%AA%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%B0%E0%B0%95%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%B7%E0%B1%8D"
    title: "వి. కె. ప్రకాష్"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q13564577"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1150851"
    title: "V. K. Prakash"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump